Twine-cutter.



G. L. SELF.

TWINE CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1912. 1,066,957. Patented July 8,1913

Gilman) -To all wlw-m 'it may concern: i

UNITED s'rAT-Es PATENT orme/E.

GEORGE L. SELF, or ASHEVILLE, NORTH CARQLINA.

TWINp-CUTTER.

v' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled March 21. 1912. Serial No. 685,331..

Patenten July s, 1913,.

and increase the efficiency and utility of de! vices of thisI character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply.constructed device including a severing plate and mounted to swing vertically at one end in a stationary support, to increase the convenience and utility.

With these. and other objects 'in view. the

certain novel features construction as hereafter shown and deinvention consists'iu scribed, and then specifically pointed Vout. in

the claim.

rlhe improved `device may be employed in connection wit-h wound intol balls. wound 'upon reels or spools, or in any other shape., and it is not desired therefore to limit the improved device to the use of the twine. when arranged in any specific forni. l

ln the drawings: Figure 1"is a side ele-. vation partly in section, of the improved Vdcvice; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2*-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detached perspective view of the cutting blade. Y

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and 'indi cated in all the views of. the drawings by the. saine reference characters.

The improved deviceis designed t'oi"'i|se more'particularly in retail stores and may he employed in connection with a receiver which rests upon acountcr, or a receiver suspended from t-hefceiling or other structure, or in connection with a reel of twinc associated. with a wrapping or the like, but for the purpose of illustrapapelr 'holder tion the improved device is shown employed in connection -with `a conventional ball re ccptacle adapted to besupp'orted upon a counter or other support.V The ball, rcel, or spool of twim` does not (mnstitute a part of the. present invention, consequently It, is deemed sulticient to illustrate the improved device associated with an ordinary ball of improvements inl spared vsides and with wrapping twine' when" which is adapted to be supported upon a count-er or like support. lThe ball of twine isreprescnted conventionally at. 1l, while the casing 10 is provided with an aperture 12 through which thetwine is drawn when it is required to be used. v

Extending upwardly froin the casing 10, is a standard 17 divided 'at the upper end 'and provided wit-l1 a combined pivot, and clamp-bolt '18 and vclamp nut 19. Mounted,

twine, and with a receptacle 10 for the twine f to swing upon the pivot bolt 18, is a frame i 2t) preferably formed of a strip of `metal folded upon itself longitudinally to form a longitudinallyex` tending cleft 2l, and an outwardlygcurving guard continuing the cleft. i

Located between the `sides of the member 20, iS a met-al strip represented as a whole??J` at 23 and provided with a cutting edge 24 1extending for a 'portion of frame 2() is provided with transverse apertures at its outer end to receive a clamp pin 25 which likewise extends .through the blade 2-24`f and thus Coactswith the clamp in the frame.' that when located within the frame 20, the cutting edge 24 extends obliquvely across the cleft 21 of the frame so that'when the twine is inserted into thecleft it will be severed its length. The

` bolt 18 to secure the bladein position with- The member 23 is SO formed by contact. with the cutting ledge off the blade. vbythe pin 25 and obvious that the blade can movedfor sharpening.

The clamp bolt 18 together lwith'its nut- 19 `blzide to be adjusted into any angle relative tothe standard and thus adapt the device to the convenience 0f 'the' operator.

'lhe improved device is silnplein conbc readily le- By securing thev bladevcln position clamp bolt 18, it will be enables` the frame 2O with its cutting i vstruction, can be readily adapted to twine holders of. various kinds andA to twine holders` -located in any required position, and without material structural change either in the holder or thel severing device.'

llavingthus described the invention, what. is-claimcd as'ncw is:

A twine cutter con'iprising a vertical standard the upperlerminalof which is l'iifnreated, a knife incasing member formed ot' a rctlexed sheet of material providing spaced sides and closed along its upper edge, the upper edge and sides being slotted ohljqnely to the longitudinal plane of the member and approximately tangential to one of the bifurcations of the standard, the slot extending to -a. point adjacent the standard, said casin beingjpivotally mounted between the bi urcatio'ns of the standard,

means assin throu'gh theI standard and casing l or loc the casing against movement, aknife em raced `krthe casing, and

a securing devfice passing I ough the casing remote fromA the standard vand drawing the 10 sides of the casing together lto Contact. with the knife t`o prevent its displacement.

In testimony whereof I a'ix my signa,- ture in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE L. SELF. v[1.. 5.] Witnesses -Ig R. N."'BRANsEN, R. M. WELLS. 

